Constitutes the ninth part of Theodor de Bry's Small voyages, printed in 13 parts and an Appendix in Frankfurt am Main and Oppenheim from 1597 to 1633

This work has been identified as the second issue of the sole Latin edition of part nine of the Small voyages by Church

At head of engraved title page is the word "Architectvra"

This part contains the relation of a voyage to the Moluccas, or Spice Islands, made by Admiral Pieter Willemsz. Verhoeff in 1607, for the purpose of wresting them from the Portuguese. It was written by Johann Vercken, one of the officers of the fleet, who went out with the expedition but did not return to Holland until 1612. The Supplementum contains a description of the country seen by Vercken during his stay in the East, particularly of the islands of Celebes, Java, Sumatra, Mauritius, and Madagascar. Cf. Church

There are two issues of the sole Latin edition of part 9. The first issue has plates III, IV, VI, VII, X, and XII, bound following p. 3, 4th count, and plates I-V, bound following p. 1-3, [1], 4th and 5th counts, engraved in their original state as described by Church. The second issue has III, IV, VI, VII, X, and XII, bound following p. 3, 4th count, and plates I-V, bound following p. [1-2], 7th count, re-engraved in a reversed state, as described by Church

"Icones, omnia, qvae memoratv maxime digna in hac navigatione continentvr, quaeqve tam Hollandis qvam Lvsitanis aliisque populis acciderunt, ad viuum repraesentantes; tabvlis aliqvot eximia dexteritate in aes incisis declaratae & illustratae, opera & studio, Iohannis Theodori de Bry", p. [1-2], 4th count, has separate title page with imprint: Francofvrti, ex officina typographica Wolffgangi Richteri. M. DC. XII. [1612]

"Svpplementvm nonae partis Indiae Orientalis, hoc est, Continvatio prioris itineris sive navigationis, ab Hollandis et Selandis in Indiam Orientalem, svb admirale Petro Guilhelmo Verhuffio, cum nouem maiorum & quatuor minorum nauium classe, ab anno 1607. vsque ad annum 1612. peractae. Addita commemoratione omnivm, quae ipsis porro in Bandicis insulis & alibi acciderunt. Accesservnt colloqvia Latino-Malaica, sev vvulgares qvaedam loquendi formulae, Latina, Malaica & Madagascarica linguis, in gratiam eorum, qui nauigationem fortè in Orientalem Indiam ipsimet suscepturi sunt, conscriptae. Auctore M. Gotardo Arthusio Dantiscano. Omnia elegantissimis in aes incisis iconibus illustrata & in lucem emissa, per Iohannem Theodorum de Bry", p. [2-3], 5th count, has separate title page with imprint: Francofvrti, typis viduae Matthiae Beckeri. M. DC. XIII. [1613]

Pages [31]-88, 6th count, contains dialogues in Latin with their Indonesian and Malagasy equivalents in parallel columns

"Icones seu imagines, praecipvas historias et res ab Hollandis in Bandicis insvlis porrò gestas, aliaque nonnulla, quae memoratu maximè digna in continuatione hac continentur, ad viuum repraesentantes: tabvlis aliqvot in aes elegantur incisis illustratae, studio & opera Iohannis Theodori de Bry", p. [1-2], 7th count, has separate title page with imprint: Francofvrti, typis viduae Matthiae Beckeri. M. DC. XIII. [1613]

Signatures: pi² (pi1 verso blank) A-F⁴ (F4 verso blank) chi² (chi1 verso, chi2 blank) a² (A1, a2 versos blank) ²A-²F⁴ (²E1 verso blank) G-L⁴ chi1 ³A1 (³A1 verso blank)

Fully engraved and illustrated title page; engraved head and tail pieces; initials

Contains 20 leaves of plates, which include the folded map of Mozambique and the double illustration of St. Helena and plates which are numbered I-XII, all of which are printed on recto only and are signed [a]1-2, b-c4, and chi1-2; also there are plates I-V, all of which are printed on recto only following p. [1-2], 7th count, which are signed ⁴A2-4, and chi1-2

Cf. Alden, J.E. European Americana, 613/136

Church, E.D. Discovery

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675

John Carter Brown Library copy 1 lacks the word "Architectvra" at head of engraved title page

John Carter Brown Library copy 1 represents a hybrid combination of issues 1 and 2 with plates I-XII, following p. 1-3, [1], 4th and 5th counts, in the original states of the plates III, IV, VI, VII, X, and XII as described by Church, and plates I-V, following p. [1-2], 7th count, in the re-engraved reversed state but for III which represents the plate in the original state, as described by Church

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 represents issue 2 in which plates III, IV, VI, VII, X, and XII appear in the re-engraved, reversed state as described by Church

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 imperfect: wanting the "Svpplementvm nonae partis Indiae Orientalis", p. [2-3] and 1-88, 5th and 6th counts, and the "Icones seu imagines, praecipvas historias et res ab Hollandis in Bandicis insvlis porrò gestas", p. [1-2], 7th count including the plates I-V which follow

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